slipshod
careless, untidy, or slovenly: slipshod work.
down-at-heel; seedy; shabby.
Archaic. wearing slippers or loose shoes, especially ones worn at the heel.
Origin of slipshod
1Other words for slipshod
Other words from slipshod
- slipshodness, slip·shod·di·ness, noun
Words Nearby slipshod
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How to use slipshod in a sentence
That, combined with the process behind the audit — partisan, slipshod, and conspiratorial — makes for a deeply concerning precedent, particularly as other states take up similar efforts.
Arizona finished its “audit.” Other states are just getting started. | Ellen Ioanes | September 25, 2021 | VoxThe stalkerware was hidden from device owners, but was fully exposed to hackers who exploited the company’s slipshod security.
U.S. Government Shuts Down Stalker Software Company | Shannon Vavra | September 2, 2021 | The Daily BeastVirtually all of the data he claimed to have collected was either slipshod, or, more often yet, downright fabricated.
The Botanist Who Defied Stalin - Issue 99: Universality | Lee Alan Dugatkin | April 21, 2021 | NautilusWhat a shame that a slipshod approach by the Obama administration to such a crucial issue has put it all at risk.
There is no other remedy for careless, slipshod sentence-making so effective as the construction of many periodic sentences.
English: Composition and Literature | W. F. (William Franklin) Webster
In the first place, nearly all women's work dealing with feminine subjects is in a special degree disfigured by slipshod writing.
Journalism for Women | E.A. BennettInstead of seeking how to construct a perfect dwelling place, these slipshod builders spent most of their hours in courtship.
Creatures of the Night | Alfred W. ReesThey moved along in rather a slipshod way and sounded like soft slippers or feet in stockings.
The Empty House And Other Ghost Stories | Algernon BlackwoodToo many youths enter upon their business in a languid, half-hearted way, and do their work in a slipshod manner.
How to Succeed | Orison Swett Marden
British Dictionary definitions for slipshod
/ (ˈslɪpˌʃɒd) /
(of an action) negligent; careless
(of a person's appearance) slovenly; down-at-heel
Origin of slipshod
1Derived forms of slipshod
- slipshoddiness or slipshodness, noun
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